Freshwater Literary Journal 2022

Page 98

Karla Linn Merrifield Overdue You’re overdue for a muse like a book running up nickel fees from that library of inspiration. But there are UFOs, there are our fates, there is karma— reincarnation, you betcha, baby— And mind melds are possible. Yes, there are auras; yes, there are chakras— quantum entanglement, for sure, lover— and possible astrology. There’s a certainty in Tarot; we’ll cast the I Ching. Golden ratio ubiquity, amen, old soul. For I’m overdue for a muse, too, like a VHS from Blockbuster, hoping that a Luddite will come along to watch. Come, let’s toss the coin, flip the card. Lo, let us be unexplained phenomena with Erato.

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Diana Woodcock

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pages 178-180

James K. Zimmerman

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pages 181-183

Contributors

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pages 184-195

Francine Witte

1min
pages 175-177

Sharon Whitehill

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pages 173-174

Kathleen Wedl

1min
pages 171-172

Doug Van Hooser

1min
pages 167-168

Dale Stromberg

2min
pages 160-161

Reed Venrick

2min
pages 169-170

Steve Straight

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pages 162-163

Linda Strange

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pages 157-159

Vincent J. Tomeo

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Geo. Staley

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Matthew J. Spireng

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page 155

Susan Winters Smith

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pages 150-152

Amy Soricelli

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pages 153-154

Chris A. Smith

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pages 148-149

Eli Slover

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Steve Sibra

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M.N. Shand

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pages 143-145

Nolo Segundo

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page 142

Nancy Schumann

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pages 139-140

Natalie Schriefer

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Terry Sanville

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pages 135-137

Jean Rover

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pages 129-131

Kathryn Sadakierski

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Russell Rowland

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pages 132-133

Ken Poyner

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pages 127-128

Marjorie Power

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page 126

Brenden Pontz

8min
pages 122-125

Fred Pelka

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pages 119-121

Robert K. Omura

4min
pages 114-118

Jay Nunnery

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pages 112-113

James B. Nicola

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pages 109-110

Thomas Winfield Marie Nuhfer

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Zach Murphy

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Ben Nardolilli

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John Muro

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Rosemary Dunn Moeller

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pages 102-103

Cecil Morris

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Debasish Mishra

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Joan McNerney

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Karla Linn Merrifield

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John Maurer

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Fabiana Elisa Martínez

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pages 91-92

DS Maolalai

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pages 89-90

Katharyn Howd Machan

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pages 85-87

Christopher Locke

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pages 80-82

Beverly Magid

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Marcia McGreevy Lewis

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Lorraine Loiselle

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Kelli Lage

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Richard LeDue

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John P. Kneal

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Zebulon Huset

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Soon Jones

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Ruth Holzer

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Paul Holler

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Mary Hickey

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T.R. Healy

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Jessica Handly

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pages 61-62

Elisabeth Haggblade

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pages 59-60

RM Grant

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pages 55-56

Olivia Farrar

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pages 49-50

John Grey

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page 57

Zdravka Evtimova

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pages 46-48

Taylor Graham

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Michael Estabrook

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Georgia Englewood

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pages 43-44

Mark Connelly

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pages 26-27

Thomas Elson

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pages 40-42

Holly Day

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pages 31-33

William Doreski

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pages 37-39

RC deWinter

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Joe Cottonwood

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Mona Lee Clark

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Roy Conboy

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Peter Neil Carroll

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R.J. Caron

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Dmitry Blizniuk

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Lorraine Caputo

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Robert Beveridge

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David Banks

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Gaylord Brewer

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Cate Asp

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Tobi Alfier

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Katley Demetria Brown

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